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Monday, October 24







Luke 1 : 27-37

   
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph,
of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
28 And the angel came in unto her, and said,
Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee:
blessed art thou among women.
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying,
and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not,
Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest:
and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever;
and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the angel,
How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto her,
The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest
shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall
be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived
a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her,
who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.




Today's Prayer...



Dear Father in heaven,,

We thank you that with our poor, faulty, sinful,
and death-ridden lives we may find shelter in your love.
We thank you that we are your children.
We thank you that whatever we are, however depressed we are
about ourselves and the inadequacy of our own nature,
we are still your children.
Give us your Spirit, we pray.
Give us your Holy Spirit, penetrating our whole nature, our flesh and blood,
keeping us firm in faith under all temptation and distress.
Give us your Spirit to fill us with hope as we look to the future,
to fill us with certainty in our Lord Jesus Christ, who was,
and is, and is to come, whose victory is before our eyes so that we
never waver or become afraid.
Give us your Spirit so that we may live in this certainty and prepare ourselves
more and more for your coming into the world.
May we come to know that your loving-kindness is at work today,
that in the end your deliverance will come quickly,
to the glory of your name.



In the Name of the Most Holy we
pray in Jesus' Name

Amen